[Enhancement] Add options in plugin for default order status for transactions

[Brianmitchtay]

In the documentation we share three filters which can be used to alter the default order status of an order that is paid via GoCardless

https://woocommerce.com/document/gocardless/#filters

Now, there are three filters for updating initial order status:

• woocommerce_gocardless_create_payment_subscription_order_status — default to processing. Triggered when an order contains a Subscription product
• woocommerce_gocardless_create_payment_subscription_renewal_order_status — default to processing. Triggered when an order contains a Subscription renewal
• woocommerce_gocardless_create_payment_order_status — default to on-hold

I've had a merchant surprised and dismayed that these filters are not offered as point and click options in the plugin settings. I tend to agree that this seems as though it wouldn't be a huge lift for a nice feature to add.

I've asked them to submit a feature request on WooCommerce.com but thought to do the same here.

[jeffpaul]

@Brianmitchtay did you or the customer have an ideal approach on the setting(s) for how this would work?

[Brianmitchtay]

Thanks for the ping @jeffpaul I hadn't brainstormed with the customer on it a ton, but it seems like it's something that could map decently to a set of dropdown menus - one for each filter - on the settings page for the gateway. Maybe under a heading "Default Order statuses"?

There perhaps users could select the default initial status for an initial subscription order, a subscription renewal order, and a one-off order.

The only one this merchant seems likely to want to change is how initial subscription orders are treated. They wanted them on-hold until payment clears, instead of set to processing right away (or completed if all products in the order were virtual and downloadable).

I imagine that's the one that would most commonly be adjusted by stores, so if we wanted to keep it simple you could maybe only add a dropdown for the woocommerce_gocardless_create_payment_subscription_order_status filter?

Happy to hear your thoughts on this as perhaps there's a technical aspect I'm overlooking that bears consideration.